They neutered it!

So I finally got the new transmission installed (brand new) and on the drive home I did what any of us (I think) would instinctively do: floored it. Well nothing and by nothing I mean the truck held it's current gear and tried to go until it needed to upshift.

I figured "eh, it's new give it some time to break in". Well after a thousand miles (we're moving) and loading Torries 91/93 tunes back on it, it's still hasn't found it's balls.

At highway speeds 60-70 it'll downshift and go, but from a stop it's weak, from everything 0-50mph it's weak. No hard downshifts and running like a scalded ape, no spinning from a stop and chirping second. Hell it couldn't run away from my mini-van when my wife and I were getting on the highway.

I called the dealer and they told me that there's a "adaptive process" where it learns how I drive and reacts. I'm thinking to myself that regardless of how I drive if I decide to mash the floor and open the flood gates of hell, it should happen.

Any ideas?

Yea, it's sounds like they torque managed you right out of having any fun

ViperJeff said:

Yea, it's sounds like they torque managed you right out of having any fun

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I guess I'll give Torrie a call once we get settled after the move and see if he can help revive it.

I know it's probably as an "anti-hooning" measure, but it completely kills the truck. I don't get the point of paying the price to own a 10 and not experience it.

I would take it back and tell them it doesn't shift properly!!

Slitherbeast said:

I would take it back and tell them it doesn't shift properly!!

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My Corporate Rep is going to be calling me early next week and I'm going to voice my complaints with her and have Dodge cover the cost of getting it checked out.

I'm not happy at all with the dealership back in Great Falls, MT. They put about 20ish miles on the truck in test drives: diagnosing the issue and then after getting the new tranny installed. When I picked up my truck the gas light was on, and the DTE was reading at 0.0miles (thanks guys!). My steering wheel and door handle were sticky with grease, fluid was spilled down the drivers side quarter panel (and not wiped up), AND they couldn't get Tonys cooler lines installed. They told me none of the fittings were the right size.

Hopefully I have better luck in NJ

I'm still waiting on my trans to come back... hope y'all git this solved!

Randall488 said:

I'm still waiting on my trans to come back... hope y'all git this solved!

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Good luck!

I talked to Torrie about torque management and he said if his tunes aren't doing anything the issue is the transmission itself. So it looks like I'll definitely be hitting the dealership in NJ.

Anyone have any issues when they've replaced the 48RE. Any break in period or was it just "plug n' play"?

So question (because I don't know) what would happen if they put the 48RE Diesel version in instead of the Viper version

Well, I guess this is part of my answer, still not sure
http://www.vtcoa.com/forums/f7/48re-19972/

Is the kick down cable installed and tensioned properly?